Tips on Killing Anna Navarre but keeping Lebedev alive on the 747?

[pat.seggerson]

I'm attempting a Realistic run with trying to kill navarre before she has the chance to kill lebedev on the 747. I'm not finding a good way to do this...If I try to fight her straight up with guns, she kills me immediately. If I try to use explosives, the splash damage kills myself or both her and lebedev right away. Any general tips when I'm this weak (due to difficulty) to kill Navarre while sparing Lebedev?

[PNB]

The sword will kill her instantly.
Just not sure if it's available to you at that point in the game yet.
The GEP gun will do it too, but you need to stand between her and Lebedev, and have sufficient protection for yourself.

[Sticky Wicket]

The quickest way is to use the GEP gun but you have to make sure that Lebedev does not get caught in the blast too. It's tricky but definitely doable. After only a few attempts you will be able to calculate the splash damage zone.

[Cat with the Gat]

Plant a LAM at the entrance of the room lebedev is in on the plane. When the event triggers to spawn Navarre, the LAM will take care of her. It's guaranteed to not kill Lebedev.

[AC Denton]

I second the LAM method. 1 or 2 LAMs at the door around the corner should kill her as she walks in without issue.

[pat.seggerson]

Thank you for your responses! Planting the lams was the best way to get to the immediate goal. It's just too bad that it doesnt make realistic sense in terms of the story to do this. My hope was to kill her just before the dialog that will make her automatically attack Lebedev. But this does the trick anyway. Thanks!

[Mrpoke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz57trNPfsQ

Just don't it the way I did

[LukeTheSp00k]

The LAM at the entrance is a cheap trick. You can do that kind of thing for all the boss fights, but like untraining pistols or having a full inventory when Savage tries to give you an aug canister, it's an exploit. So assuming you don't do that:

You have to be able to soak up the damage if you stand between her and Lebedev; a well-aimed GEP rocket will solve the problem, but you might just end up killing yourself if she's too close; you never know what the AI's gonna do. An assault rifle would probably be a better idea - the sniper rifle and pump shotgun fire too slowly. The autoshotty would be ideal but you can't get it until the next mission at the earliest. Luckily, if you start shooting at her she will target you instead of Lebedev as long as you're in sight, though you don't have much freedom of movement anyway so it hardly matters.

[Mrpoke]

Originally posted by LieutenantVixen:

The LAM at the entrance is a cheap trick. You can do that kind of thing for all the boss fights, but like untraining pistols or having a full inventory when Savage tries to give you an aug canister, it's an exploit. So assuming you don't do that:

You have to be able to soak up the damage if you stand between her and Lebedev; a well-aimed GEP rocket will solve the problem, but you might just end up killing yourself if she's too close; you never know what the AI's gonna do. An assault rifle would probably be a better idea - the sniper rifle and pump shotgun fire too slowly. The autoshotty would be ideal but you can't get it until the next mission at the earliest. Luckily, if you start shooting at her she will target you instead of Lebedev as long as you're in sight, though you don't have much freedom of movement anyway so it hardly matters.

you know you can just shoot her in the back of the head with a stealth pistol one time to kill her?